FEEDBACK SOUGHT ON MEDICINE TAKE-BACK PLAN

In December 2016, the Kitsap Public Health Board adopted regulations that would make medication disposal safe, available, convenient and free for Kitsap residents.

The public is invited to submit feedback or comments on the proposed medicine take-back plan submitted by MED-Project, the organization managing similar programs in Pierce, King and Snohomish Counties.

These regulations expand safe medicine disposal options for Kitsap County residents to reduce risks of misuse, poisonings, and overdoses from leftover and expired medicines, and reduce the amount of pharmaceuticals entering sewer, septic, and solid waste systems.

These regulations improve convenience for residents by expanding locations of secure drop boxes from law enforcement offices to pharmacies and hospitals, as now allowed under DEA regulations.

Provide an option for residents to dispose of unused medicine by mail at no charge.

Requires the pharmaceutical industry pay for these programs.

These regulations ensure financial sustainability through a pharmaceutical industry-financed system providing sufficient resources to promote the program and handle larger volumes of returned medicines, and that relieves burdens on local government agencies and taxpayers.